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Assassination
Author_Francesco Guicciardini
Benefice
Calabria
Captain general
Capua
Castel Sant'Angelo
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Catherine of Aragon
Censure
Cesare Borgia
Cesena
Christendom
Condottieri
Cortona
Cosimo de' Medici
Council of Pisa
Courtesy
Cowardice
Della Rovere
Ducat
Duchy
Duchy of Milan
Duke of Calabria
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Fabrizio Colonna
Faenza
Francesco Guicciardini
French Army
Friuli
Girolamo Savonarola
Gonfaloniere
Guelphs and Ghibellines
Guicciardini
Imperial crown
Infantry
Investiture
Italians
King of the Romans
Kingdom of France
Landsknecht
Livorno
Lombardy
Lorenzo de' Medici
Louis XI of France
Louis XII of France
Ludovico Sforza
Majesty
Orsini
Palazzo Vecchio
Papal States
Peace treaty
Persecution
Pisa
Pontiff
Pontificate
Pope Adrian VI
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Clement VII
Pope Julius II
Prospero Colonna
Republic of Florence
Republic of Venice
Romagna
Roman Curia
San Pietro in Vincoli
Siege of Florence (1529-30)
Spaniards
Trivulzio
Urbino
Warfare
Product details
- ISBN 9780691008004
- Weight: 595g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jun 1984
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non grata with the ruling Medici after the siege of Florence--retired to his villa to write a history of his times. His Storia d'Italia became the classic history of Italy--both a brilliant portrayal of the Renaissance and a penetrating vision into the tragedy and comedy of human history in general. Sidney Alexander's readable translation and abridgment of Guicciardini's four-volume work earned the prestigious 1970 P.E.N. Club translation award. His perceptive introduction and notes add much to the understanding of Guicciardini's masterpiece.
